Latin B1: Who, which: qui, quae, quod · Phrases
The relative pronoun takes its gender and number from the noun it refers to, but its case from its job in its own clause: Puella, quam vides (the girl whom you see: object, so quam). Main forms: qui, quae, quod (subject); quem, quam, quod (object); cuius (whose); cui (to whom); quo, qua (by whom, with which). Plural: qui, quae, quae; quos, quas; quorum; quibus.
- qui — who (masculine)
- quae — who (feminine)
- quod — which (neuter)
- quem — whom (masculine)
- quam — whom (feminine)
- cuius — whose
- cui — to whom
- quibus — to whom, with which (plural)
- Liber, quem legis, meus est. — The book you are reading is mine.
- Ubi est puella, quae cantabat? — Where is the girl who was singing?
- Amici, quibus credo, pauci sunt. — The friends I trust are few.
- Is, qui quaerit, invenit. — He who seeks, finds.